Harris gives Democrats a jolt in a critical part of swing state Wisconsin
Vice President Kamala Harris has put a charge in Wisconsin's most powerful Democratic stronghold, Dane County, where enthusiasm and volunteer support for President Joe Biden had been slipping
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 40 people filed into a converted coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, to organize in a west-side neighborhood for Vice President Kamala Harris.
A month ago, fewer than 10 people showed up for a similar event for President Joe Biden. Some told organizers they were no longer willing to knock on doors in Wisconsin's famously liberal state capital.
The excitement among loyal Democrats lit by Harris replacing Biden has enlivened the party's base in Wisconsin, particularly in areas where the vice president must run up big margins to carry a swing state that Biden flipped from Republican Donald Trump.
“Kamala Harris is the defibrillator that the Democratic Party needed,” said John Anzalone, who was Biden's chief campaign pollster in 2020.
